Jasur el-Sayed

Jasur el-Sayed (17 October 1937-14 February 1984) was a Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) leader. el-Sayed was the ambassador to Greece from 1972 to 1973, before he was kept in hiding. He was assassinated on 14 February 1984 during Operation Wrath of God.

Biography
Jasur el-Sayed was born in Kalya, Mandatory Palestine (present-day West Bank) to a Sunni Muslim family. el-Sayed's family was evicted from their homes in 1948 during the Israeli War of Independence, and el-Sayed grew up in various refugee camps. el-Sayed eventually settled in Syria with his family, and he attended the University of Damascus, where he studied sociology. el-Sayed joined the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in Lebanon in 1967, heading to Jordan to assist them in fighting Israel during the Six-Day War. He was one of the commanders of the PLO during Black September, when they were forced to leave for Jordan in 1970.

el-Sayed was later given a special assignment by Yasser Arafat; el-Sayed would be sent as the PLO's ambassador to Greece in 1972. el-Sayed was held responsible for the Ellinikon International Airport massacre of 5 August 1973, as he was present in Athens at the same time as the Palestinian Fedayeen attack on the civilians. el-Sayed was sent into hiding shortly after, as he was likely to be targeted by the Mossad for his role in the attack. el-Sayed was moved to a safehouse in Elefsina (Eleusis) on the West Attican coast. el-Sayed was considered a "soft target", as he was located only in his safehouse, never leaving, but he had no guards or ways to evade Israeli agents.

On 14 February 1984, Mossad tracked el-Sayed down as he was driving back to Athens for a flight to Moscow in the Soviet Union, as a Palestinian double agent warned Mossad that his venue was being changed for his safety (Mossad did not operate in the Eastern Bloc). el-Sayed was driven towards Athens in a sports car, but Mossad agents on motorcycles pulled up on either side of his car and shot through his windows, killing him and his driver.